तालीम (taaliim)

noun A single-sense noun meaning 'education/training,' with an Urdu-flavored register; close in meaning to शिक्षा (shikshaa) but carries a different cultural texture.
Sense 1 : education, training, instruction
noun, feminine
Synonyms: शिक्षा (shikshaa), तरबियत (tarbiyat, less common), पढ़ाई (padhaaii, everyday schooling sense)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: तालीम (taaliim) comes from Arabic via Urdu and is deeply woven into North Indian Hindi-Urdu speech -- you will hear it as often as शिक्षा (shikshaa) in Delhi households, especially from an older generation talking about how they raised their children: अच्छी तालीम दी (achchhii taaliim dii, 'gave [them] a good education'). It often carries a slightly warmer, more personal connotation than the more bureaucratic-sounding शिक्षा (shikshaa), which shows up more in official or academic contexts.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for शिक्षा (shikshaa) by default; तालीम (taaliim) is equally correct and common in everyday speech, especially in Delhi/UP Urdu-inflected Hindi -- it is not a rare or purely literary word. 2) तालीम (taaliim) leans toward the process/upbringing sense of education (moral and intellectual formation) rather than a specific school subject or degree.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे वालिद ने हमें अच्छी तालीम दी। My father gave us a good education.
(mere vaalid ne hamen achchhii taaliim dii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
वो चाहती है कि उसके बच्चों को अच्छी तालीम मिले। She wants her children to get a good education.
(vo chaahtii hai ki uske bachchon ko achchhii taaliim mile।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उस ज़माने में लड़कियों को तालीम नहीं दी जाती थी। In those days, girls were not given an education.
(us zamaane men ladkiyon ko taaliim nahiin dii jaatii thii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
अगर मुझे भी ऐसी तालीम मिली होती, तो मेरी ज़िंदगी कुछ और होती। If I too had gotten such an education, my life would have been different.
(agar mujhe bhii aisii taaliim milii hotii, to merii zindgii kuchh aur hotii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Passive
अपने बच्चों को अच्छी तालीम दो, यही सबसे बड़ी विरासत है। Give your children a good education, that is the greatest inheritance.
(apne bachchon ko achchhii taaliim do, yahii sabse badii viraasat hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
दादी हमेशा कहती थीं कि तालीम से बड़ी कोई दौलत नहीं होती। Grandmother always used to say there is no wealth greater than education.
(daadii hameshaa kahtii thiin ki taaliim se badii koii daulat nahiin hotii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इस मदरसे में बच्चों को दीनी तालीम दी जाती है। In this madrasa, children are given religious education.
(is madarse men bachchon ko diinii taaliim dii jaatii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
शायद उसे सही तालीम न मिली हो, इसलिए वो ऐसा सोचता है। Perhaps he did not receive the right education, that is why he thinks this way.
(shaayad use sahii taaliim n milii ho, islie vo aisaa sochtaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Passive
तालीम इंसान को सोचने की ताकत देती है। Education gives a person the power to think.
(taaliim insaan ko sochne kii taakat detii hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): तालीम (taaliim)
(sg.f.oblique): तालीम (taaliim)
(pl.f.direct): तालीमें (taaliimen)
(pl.f.oblique): तालीमों (taaliimon)